Pin-ticket



M. 0. ANTHONY.

PIN TICKET.

APPLICATION HLED M/w1o.1911.

1,327,61 0. Patented J an. 6, 1920.

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urcus @.Anhony UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS O. ANTHONY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 A. KIMBALL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PIN-TICKET.

Application filed May 10, 1917.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS O. ANTHONY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, State of New York have invented an Improvement in PinTickets, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specication, like characters on the drawing representing like parts. A This invention relates to improvements in pin tickets and the main object thereof is to provide a pin ticket in which the points of the pins may be bent nearer the reverse face of the ticket when the same is applied to the merchandise so that the'points will be suiiiciently embedded in the material to which the ticket is applied to prevent them from snagging other materials.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for reinforcing the ticket and strengthening the attachment between the pin and the ticket, and a further object of the invention is to provide a ticket with a pin having substantially hemispherical ends. Other objects and features of the invention will more fully appear from the following description and accompanying drawings and will be pointed out in the annexed claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the reverse face of the ticket embodying a preferred form of my invention;

'Fig 2 is a sectional view of the ticket embodying the invention applied to a portion of the article to be marked. a section being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the reverse face of the ticket showing an affiXing member having rounded penetrating ends.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings comprises a ticket or card 1 which may be of card board or any other material suitable to bear the usual notations and an aixing member 2 which, as illustrated in Fig. 1, is in the form of a staple having shanks 3, 4 extending through the ticket and provided with preferably conoidal points 5, 6. The looped portion 7 of the staple is bent around the edge of the card and against the under surface of a reinforcing memberS which preferably is inthe form of a rectangular Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 167,709.

block of card board or other suitable material secured to the reverse face of the card l.

The reinforcing block 8 extends only a portion of the distance across the card and serves as a fulcrum about which the shanks 3 and 4 may be bent after said shanks have been thrust through the material to which the card is affixed.

By reason of this construction the ends of the shanks may be permanently bent more closely adjacent the reverse face of the card l than would be possible in the absence of the reinforcing member 8 which serves as a fulcrum intermediate of the portions of the shanks which extend through the card and said reinforcing member, and the ends of the shanks when they are bent into the position illustrated in Fig. 2. In the operation of the device, therefore, the shanks 3, 4 are thrust through the material 9 in the usual manner. The shanks 3, et are separated and bent downwardly by the thumbs of the operator, the ends 5, 6 of said shanks being forced toward the card l suiiciently to cause said ends to be slightly embedded in the material to which the pin ticket is secured. As a matter of fact, in the usual operation of securing the tickets to the fabrics the card itself may be slightly bent to insure a sulicient embedding of thev ends 5, 6 within the material to prevent them from snagging other materials.

In the use of pin tickets in delicate fabrics such as silks, laces, etc., it is desirable that a pin ticket be provided which will have a penetrating member of such a character that it cannot cut or snag the material to which the pin ticket is aiiiXed, or by any possi'- bility sever the fiber of the material asthe penetrating member is being thrust through the material. In Fig. 3 a pin ticket of this character is illustrated in which the ends of the penetrating members are not pointed but are provided with a rounded substantially hemispherical tip. An aiiiXing member of this type may be used with any ordinary form of pin ticket such for example as the Empire pin ticket in which the legs of the staples pass through the ticket and the looped portion thereof is bent around the end of the ticket but preferably this smooth, round pointed staple is employed in a ticket of the character illustrated in Fig. 3

which the card 10l is provided with a rein- Y forcing member' 11 corresponding to the reinforcing member 8,7illustrated in Fig. 1.

The afhxing member illustrated in Fig. 3 comprises a staple having shanks 12, 13 connected by a looped portion 1A which is bent down around the end of the card 10 and the reinforcing member 11 and clamped against the latter tightly to secure the reinforcing member firmly to the card. The ends of the shanks 12, 13 terminate in smooth substantially hemispherical ends 15, 16 which preferably are hemispherical in form and which will not therefore tear apart the fibers of cloth or other material into which the shanks of the staple may be thrust. 1n this modification of the invention, as in the form illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the shanks of the staple may be so bent over the fulcrum 11 as to cause the ends to be wholly or partially embedded within the layer of the material to which the pin ticket is affixed, thus avoiding any possibility of the ends of the shanks of the staple engaging and snagging other materials.

It will be understood that the embodiment of the invention disclosed herein is illustrative and that other forms of fulcra may be employed than that illustrated herein, and that various changes may be inade in size and proportion of parts within the meaning and scope of the claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A marking ticket comprising a card having a penetrating member passing through the same normal to the face of the card adapted to be inserted through a portion of the article to be marked, the reverse face of said card being provided with means forming a fulcrum located in proximity to the place in which the penetrating member passes through the card about which the penetrating member may be bent to cause its end to engage closely the material to which it is affixed and thereby prevent it from snagging adjacent material.

2. A pin ticket comprising a card, a staple having its legs extending through said card, a member on the reverse face of said card providing fulcraflocated in proximity to the places in which the shanks of said staple pass through the card about which fulcra said shanks may be bent to cause the ends vof the staple to engage closely the material to which the pin ticket is affixed whereby said ends are prevented from snagging adjacent material.

3; A marking ticket comprising a'card, a staple having its legs extending through said card, a reinforcing member secured to the reverse face of said card by saidjstaple and providing fulcra for the shanksv of said staple located in proximity to the Place in which they pass through said reinforcing member whereby said shanks may be bent to cause the ends of the staple to engage closely and become embedded in the material to which the pin ticket is aflixed.

4. A marking ticket comprising a card, a staple having its legs extending through saic card, a relatively narrow reinforcing member secured against the reverse face of said card, the shanks of said staple extending through said member and the loop of the staple being bent around the edge of the card and the edge of said reinforcing member to clamp the same together, said rein-4 forcing member providing fulcra in proximity to said shanks for the shanks of said staple whereby said shanks may be bent to cause the ends of the staple to engage closely and become embedded in the material to which the pin ticket is afxed.

A pin ticket comprising a card, a wire staple secured thereto, the ends of the wire forming the shanks of the staple presenting smooth substantially hemispherical ends.

6. A pin ticket comprising a card, a wire staple secured thereto, the ends of thewire forming the legs of the staple being rounded, a relatively narrow reinforcing member secured to the reverse face of the card by said staple and providing` fulcra for the shanks of said staple whereby said shanks may be bent to cause the ends of the staple to engage closely and become embedded in the material to which the pin ticket is affixed.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

MARCUS O. ANTHONY. 

